Legislative leaders in Albany agreed Tuesday to tighten tenant protections for millions of New York City apartment dwellers and authorized cities around the state to craft their own restrictions on rents. The state law governing rent control and rent stabilization rules protecting tenants in older, multi-unit apartment buildings in and around New York City is set to expire Saturday. "These reforms give New Yorkers the strongest tenant protections in history," Stewart-Cousins, D-Yonkers, and Heastie, D-The Bronx. "For too long, power has been tilted in favor of landlords and these measures finally restore equity and extends protections to tenants across the state." "The Senate and the Assembly have come together with a proposal to confront decades of injustice caused by inadequate tenants' rights in New York state," Cea Weaver, campaign coordinator of the Housing Justice for All.

Source: ABC News June 12, 2019 03:33 UTC